chambre forene

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Middle English

Etymology

From chambre +‎ foreyn.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʃaːmbər fɔˌrɛːn/

Noun

chambre forene (plural chambres forene)

(euphemistic) A "room outdoors", an outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- 1297, Robert of Gloucester, Chronicle, page 310:
  In to a chambre forene þe gadelyng gan wende.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

^ "foreign, adj. and n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (1897), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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